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41Fraticelli — • A name given to various heretical sects which appeared in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, principally in Italy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fraticelli Fraticelli …
42Saint Gregory of Nyssa — St. Gregory of Nyssa † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Gregory of Nyssa Date of birth unknown; died after 385 or 386. He belongs to the group known as the Cappadocian Fathers , a title which reveals at once his birthplace in Asia Minor… …
43glass cloth — noun 1》 Brit. a cloth covered with powdered glass or other abrasive, used for smoothing and polishing. 2》 woven fabric of fine spun glass thread …
44spunglass — spun glass n. 1. See fiberglass. 2. Fine blown glass having delicate threading or filigree. * * * …
45bovine spongiform encephalopathy — /spun jeuh fawrm / a fatal dementia of cattle, thought to be caused by the prion proteins implicated in Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. Also called mad cow disease. * * * ▪ pathology also called mad cow disease a fatal neurodegenerative… …
46textile — /teks tuyl, til/, n. 1. any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting. 2. a material, as a fiber or yarn, used in or suitable for weaving: Glass can be used as a textile. adj. 3. woven or capable of being woven: textile fabrics. 4 …
47literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
48Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
49Textile manufacturing terminology — The manufacture of textiles is one of the oldest of human technologies. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fibre from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. (Both fibre and fiber are used in this article.)… …
50Glossary of textile manufacturing — For terms specifically related to sewing, see Glossary of sewing terms. For terms specifically related to dyeing, see Glossary of dyeing terms. The manufacture of textiles is one of the oldest of human technologies. To make textiles, the first… …
